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Metropolitan Walkers Group

The London-based hiking group for people in their 20s - 30s.

Join the Ramblers and enjoy

  • unlimited free access to 50,000 Ramblers group walks
  • a library jam-packed with thousands of tried-and-tested routes
  • a welcome pack teeming with top tips plus our Walk magazine
  • exclusive discounts from our partners
  • knowing your support is opening up more places to walk and helping more people discover the joy of walking

Overview

This hilly walk takes in much of the dramatic Hampshire landscape known to both pioneering ecologist Gilbert White and beloved author Jane Austen. After scaling the Shoulder of Mutton Hill and Noar Hill, we arrive in White's Selborne village for lunch. Refreshed, we'll then brave the famous Zig-Zag path, before passing by Jane Austen's House en-route into Alton. (570m total ascent). Please bring a packed lunch. Pub/café stop at lunchtime (for drinks only), with a tap room at the end.

Terrain: Fields, Woods, Tracks, Country Lanes

Travel: Take 9:00 from London Waterloo (9:25 Woking), arr. Petersfield 10:04.

Please note this train does NOT call at Clapham Junction. As an alternative, take 8:57 from Clapham Junction, to join the Petersfield train at Woking (arr. 9:15, dep. 9:25).

Buy return to Petersfield. May require an additional single from Alton to Woking for the return leg of the journey.

Saturday, 28 June 2025
Start time:
10:05 am
Estimated finish time:
5:00 pm
Difficulty:
Moderate
Distance:
24.1km / 15.0mi
Ascent:
570m / 1870ft
Type:
linear

Features

  • Refreshments available (Pub/cafe)
  • Toilets available
  • Accessible by public transport
  • Dog friendly
  • No car needed

Starting point

Grid reference:
SU 74358 23534
Nearest postcode:
GU32 3EE
what3words:
captive.marsh.paintings
Start time:
10:05 am

Petersfield station

Finishing point

Grid reference:
SU 72322 39697
Nearest postcode:
GU34 2PY
what3words:
double.opened.payback
Estimated finish time:
5:00 pm

Alton station

Join the Ramblers and enjoy

  • unlimited free access to 50,000 Ramblers group walks
  • a library jam-packed with thousands of tried-and-tested routes
  • a welcome pack teeming with top tips plus our Walk magazine
  • exclusive discounts from our partners
  • knowing your support is opening up more places to walk and helping more people discover the joy of walking